The success of Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke, who won last week’s Women’s World Bobsleigh Championships in Lake Placid, USA, not only continued Great Britain’s sensational run of international sporting achievement but also marked a victory for the McLaren Group.

Tyler Alexander, a McLaren stalwart and one of the few remaining members of the team to have worked alongside its original founder Bruce McLaren, will retire from McLaren this month after a career spanning five decades at the sport's very pinnacle.